‘Dangerous’ to consider nationalising social care, says former cabinet minister

Incorporating social care into the NHS would be ‘dangerous’ and ‘wholly wrong’, former cabinet minister Damian Green has said. Speaking during a webinar on the...

CM meets… Laurence Geller CBE

The chair and chief executive officer of Loveday & Co and chair of Geller Capital Partners has personally donated more than US$20m to a...

Podcast: Adam Carter speaks to Iain Anderson

In this episode of The Wine Cellar Sessions, Carter Schwartz’s managing director Adam Carter talks to Iain Anderson, chair of both Consensus Support Services...

Dementia-proofing future care

Donald Macaskill, chief executive of Scottish Care, believes Covid-19 has shone a light on the failures of our care and support for people with...

Keeping residents with dementia connected

A lack of social contact has impacted care home residents with dementia. Deven Pamben finds out how providers have coped Four-fifths of care homes have...

Easing lockdown

Joanne Moseley, senior associate in the employment team at law firm Irwin Mitchell, advises providers to update their policies Lockdown measures have started to ease...

Local plans lack clarity over older people’s housing, research concludes

Half of councils lack clear policies for the provision of suitable housing for older people, research by property consultancy Knight Frank and law firm...

Funding provided after failures to meet Transforming Care targets

People with learning disabilities or autism will have their discharges from hospital accelerated with support from a £62m government grant. The community discharge fund will...

A heavy blow

Analysis by LaingBuisson chairman William Laing shows that 32,000 older care home residents in England died from Covid-19 and collateral damage by end June...

Concerns over care home safety, survey shows

Three-quarters of UK adults do not think it is safe to put a loved one in a care home, according to research from dementia...